Christoph Haubitz

Christoph Haubitz (mentioned 1549–1587) was a German master builder in Mecklenburg in the 16th century .

life and work

Christoph Haubitz was first mentioned in 1549 as a master mason under Duke Johann Albrecht I in Wittenburg . The Duke took him on a trip to Prussia in 1563 . In the following years he worked under Johann Baptista Parr and the Italian fortress builder Francesco a Bornau at Schwerin Castle . His tasks were initially to build the castle walls and bastions . He built the castle church , the first Protestant church in Mecklenburg. In 1567 he was still busy with the construction work on the church hall, but also managed the expansion of the new armory and the court room.

From 1570 to 1573 he built the Gadebusch Castle in the Mecklenburg Renaissance style for the administrator of the Ratzeburg diocese , Duke Christoph von Mecklenburg . As a princely master builder, he managed the construction of the water pipeline in Wismar in 1573 , the restoration of the princely house in Rehna in 1574 and the other building work by Johann Albrecht in Schwerin and Dömitz . In 1575 he agreed with him to convert the Wismar prince's court.

After 1580 he was also active outside of Mecklenburg when Duke Bogislaw XIII. von Pomerania hired him to convert the former Neuenkamp monastery into the ducal Franzburg castle .

Christoph von Mecklenburg appointed him ducal architect in 1583. He received the same rank in 1585 from Duke Johann VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Christoph Haubitz was last mentioned in 1587.

Christoph Haubitz had a shattering ball ( howitzer ) in his coat of arms , above it in a crown three daggers .

literature

Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Haubitz, Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 39.
Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : History of the princely residence palaces to Wismar, Schwerin and Gadebusch . (Essay 1, Vol. 5), Schwerin 1840 at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library.

Individual evidence

^ Hans Branig: History of Pomerania Part I; From the emergence of the modern state to the loss of state independence 1300–1648. Böhlau Verlag Cologne Weimar Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-412-07189-7 , p. 148.

Web links

Literature about Christoph Haubitz in the state bibliography MV

personal data
SURNAME	Haubitz, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Howitzer, Christoffer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Master builder in Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1549
DATE OF DEATH	after 1587

[1] Hans Branig: History of Pomerania Part I; From the emergence of the modern state to the loss of state independence 1300–1648. Böhlau Verlag Cologne Weimar Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-412-07189-7 , p. 148.